Hi There,
I own a 14' plate 2008 allure, and whilst i love it so, it appears to have developed a problem, unless i am being a bit of a dimwit, with the grip shift wheel.
Under normal circumstances my understanding is that the wheel should turn easily and the graphic should change on the screen as you cycle through the various settings.
Over the last few days this has not been working. My problem is that the wheel is so stiff it hardly moves. Then, sometimes, as if by magic, it frees itself up to a degree. Even when it frees up it still remains stiff between some of the the available grip modes - but even this is not consistent as it can vary after a complete cycle.
I haven't noticed a pattern with it to date:
- No correlation to engine temperature; it doesnt get any better when the engine is warm. But then it shouldn't have anything to do with this because I understand that the grip control is essentially computer controlled? I live up in Buxton see so it does get cold up here and we have had quite a bit of snow of late!
- I cant pin it down to one particular grip mode - as mentioned above it varies as i go through a full cycle.
- I have read the user manual and little is said about technical problems/troubleshooting other than it resets itself each time the engine is restarted.
I have the car booked in at the dealers in about a weeks time. I have spoken to them but they havent heard of this problem before. Hec.
Has anyone out there in cyberspace experienced anything like this before?
Regards,
Alex
I own a 14' plate 2008 allure, and whilst i love it so, it appears to have developed a problem, unless i am being a bit of a dimwit, with the grip shift wheel.
Under normal circumstances my understanding is that the wheel should turn easily and the graphic should change on the screen as you cycle through the various settings.
Over the last few days this has not been working. My problem is that the wheel is so stiff it hardly moves. Then, sometimes, as if by magic, it frees itself up to a degree. Even when it frees up it still remains stiff between some of the the available grip modes - but even this is not consistent as it can vary after a complete cycle.
I haven't noticed a pattern with it to date:
- No correlation to engine temperature; it doesnt get any better when the engine is warm. But then it shouldn't have anything to do with this because I understand that the grip control is essentially computer controlled? I live up in Buxton see so it does get cold up here and we have had quite a bit of snow of late!
- I cant pin it down to one particular grip mode - as mentioned above it varies as i go through a full cycle.
- I have read the user manual and little is said about technical problems/troubleshooting other than it resets itself each time the engine is restarted.
I have the car booked in at the dealers in about a weeks time. I have spoken to them but they havent heard of this problem before. Hec.
Has anyone out there in cyberspace experienced anything like this before?
Regards,
Alex
